Steven Del Duca, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, issued the following statement on Pride Month: “Today marks the beginning of Pride Month, where we celebrate all LGBTQ2S+ Ontarians and the many contributions the community makes to our province, and to the Ontario Liberal Party. “While so much progress has been made to advance equality…
“Today the FAO confirmed that Doug Ford is cutting education spending, and abandoning our students and education workers in the process. By only spending half of what’s needed to maintain the current quality of education, Doug Ford is shortchanging our children’s future. Ontario Liberals would provide the funding needed to not only maintain Ontario’s quality…
TORONTO – Steven Del Duca, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, issued the following statement: “Ontario Liberals support the appointment of Dr. Kieran Moore as Ontario’s next Chief Medical Officer of Health, and wish Dr. Williams all the best as he prepares to depart. I would like to reinforce the importance of Dr. Moore’s independence,…
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TORONTO – Steven Del Duca, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, issued the following statement: “I hope Doug Ford will finally listen to the experts after a year of pressure from the education community, parents, and opposition politicians, but it’s absurd that he’s only given them one day to make their recommendation. Now parents, students…
May 26, 2021 – Liberals in Davenport have nominated Jerry Levitan, an accomplished lawyer, writer, actor, filmmaker and musician, as their Ontario Liberal Party (OLP) candidate for the next provincial election. “Jerry cares deeply about his community, and about providing the best possible future for all Ontarians,” said OLP Leader, Steven Del Duca. “He will…
TORONTO – Steven Del Duca, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, issued the following statement: “As a father with two daughters attending a publicly-funded elementary school, I would love to see all of our kids go back to safe in-person learning as soon as possible. Students and education workers have been shortchanged on the investments…
“Just over a hundred years ago, Canada turned away a group of more than 300 immigrants from India who arrived in Vancouver aboard the Japanese steamship, Komagata Maru. When they returned to India, 20 people were killed in a riot when police came to arrest the group leaders. This was racism, plain and simple. The…
TORONTO – Steven Del Duca, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, issued the following statement: “Today’s decision by the Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board to deny degree granting authority to Charles McVety comes only after Doug Ford was caught red handed trying to do a sweetheart deal for his friend and well-known bigot. It has…